<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nTo summarize, leafcutter ants are a group of species from the Atta or Acromyrmex genera. They\u2019re known for their ability to cut leaves. They collect and take these leaves to their nests to cultivate fungus gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leafcutter ants form a mutualistic relationship with fungi to survive. They feed and take care of fungi in exchange for food. In essence, leafcutter ants are farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leafcutter ants refer to a group of species from the Atta and Acromyrmex genera. They’re named for their habit of cutting and carrying leaves back to their nest. They collect these leaves to cultivate their fungus gardens. In this article, we\u2019ll learn more about leafcutter ants as we discuss the following: Characteristics of Leafcutter Ants…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}